Nuclear energy development: Assessing aspirant countries

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 20-29

  Gourley, Bernard ^a,b   Stulberg, Adam N ^b  

^a Sam Nunn Security Program   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 78049257355     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2968/065006002     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. The current nuclear energy states are Argentina, Armenia, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the United States.
2. The following states have at one time or another expressed interest in developing nuclear energy or fuel-cycle facilities in their country or jointly with a group of other countries: Albania [as lead with Croatia], Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Chile, Egypt, Estonia [jointly with Lithuania], Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia [jointly with Lithuania], Libya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Yemen.
3. There is a significant debate about whether these economies of scale actually exist and under what conditions and assumptions. Although a topic for another discussion, what is important here is that people ordering plants behave as though there are significant gains to be made by building large plants.
4. Daniel Poneman, Nuclear Power in the Developing World (George Allen & Unwin, 1982).
5. The significance and wisdom of the commitment to forgo domestic enrichment and reprocessing, however, became a subject of international debate.
6. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, "Armenia to Build Nuclear Power Plant," May 20,2009. Available at http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenia-To- Build-Nuclear-Power-Plant/1735567.html.